GRE Word List
SINECURE
an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
The meaning of the word sinecure is an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
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| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |